The sources of management innovation: When firms introduce new management practices

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1269-1280

  Mol, Michael J ^a   Birkinshaw, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge sources; Management innovation; Management practices; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349839169     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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